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Patrick Howell O'Neill

Patrick Howell O’Neill is a cybersecurity reporter for CyberScoop based in San Francisco.

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Wolf Creek Generating Station in Burlington, Kansas, which is part of the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation. Malware was sent to various engineers of the operation corporation. (Flickr / Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

DHS: Nuclear plant hacks show ‘no indication’ of threat to public safety

Government

(Scott Ackerman / Flickr)

Scammers make millions in two months with dated Android exploits

Technology

iphone — (Flickr / Wiyre Media)

Israeli hacking firm Ability under SEC investigation, adding to its woes

Geopolitics

A screen locked with Petya ransomware

Global malware attack ‘most likely’ carried out by a nation-state, NATO-sponsored researchers say

Technology

Kaspersky — Kaspersky CEO Eugene Kaspersky at the 2017 Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit (Eugene Kaspersky / Flickr)

Pentagon’s looming Kaspersky ban viewed as ‘purely political’

Geopolitics

Eugene Kaspersky, right, pictured with INTERPOL General Secretary Ronald Noble in 2013. (Flickr / Eugene Kaspersky)

Kaspersky products banned in draft Pentagon budget

Government

dark web, hacker — (Getty Images)

$365,000 dark net phishing scam leads to guilty plea from U.S. hacker

Technology

(Flickr / Christiaan Colen)

Ukrainian officials: Hacked auto-updates spread ransomware infection across country

Technology

A screen locked with Petya ransomware

Worldwide effort underway to stop massive ransomware outbreak

Technology